I went to Madurai last week, and while I was there, I remembered about a video I hadn’t yet uploaded. So here it is! Amy’s grandmother, Henny always likes to comment about animals that “Oh, they just like to be petted….” despite her complaining about how they are messy, and take up too much time [...]
In February, a bunch of the research associates from the Centre for Micro Finance Research piled into trains to slowly make their way to Ooty to behold the scenic lands, get away from the hectic life of research, and generally have something to write about…. This video was made mostly using Picasa’s video option, though [...]
My friend, Martin, really wants me to get a motorcycle while I am living in Chennai, India…. … I think I may be too much of a road wimp to actually go through with it. It’s just that the people here seem to know the boundaries of their vehicles by the centimeter, and they drive [...]
Today is the 2 year and 5 month anniversary of Amy and my wedding. We got married at a park in Santa Barbara, and this short video was taken by one of our guests. The song in the background is Etta James’s At Last, and was the song we used for our “first dance.” I [...]
My cousin, Zoe, came to visit just after Christmas, and one of the things she wanted to do was go to the zoo. I had just gotten my new digital camera, so I tried it out taking some videos too. Then I wanted to play around a bit with some of the effects that could [...]
Henny tells us the story about how she used to have some home videos. She’d like to watch them again, but one of her children has taken the “apparatus” to view the movies. But, when she gets old (or if she gets hurt on her ski trip that she’s coming back from tonight) she’s going [...]
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Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about poop in my “community”. Amy had given me a book to read called “The Big Necessity” and I found it really interesting and applicable to what the students at the Tata-Dhan Academy have been studying. I, in turn, lent the book to one of my colleagues, who [...]